Event organizers stated that Gaston was also removed from the card
due to the withdrawal, though “Afrozilla” was not expected to
compete after suffering a June 24 knockout loss to Tyler East in
Oklahoma. Canadian heavyweight and former Duffee victim Tim Hague had
reportedly been contacted by Dream as a replacement, but the
parties could not come to terms.

Duffee, 25, last competed on Dec. 31, when he took a short-notice
bout against world-ranked Dutchman Alistair
Overeem in Saitama, Japan, for the Dream interim heavyweight
title. The Indiana native was flattened in just 19 seconds, his
second consecutive knockout loss after a May 2010 defeat at the
hands of Mike Russow
which saw Duffee bounced from the
UFC. Formerly fighting out of
American Top Team, Duffee currently trains alongside UFC
heavyweight Shane
Carwin at Denver’s
Grudge Training Center.